Agra district is one of the 75 Districts of

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. The district headquarters is the historical city of

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra ...

. Agra district is a part of Agra division.

Geography

The district lies in the cultural region of

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. Agra district is bounded by Mathura District on the north, Dholpur District of

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state on the south,

Firozabad District Firozabad district forms one of the western districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has Firozabad city as its district headquarters. The district is a part of the Agra division. History The city lies in the cultural region of B ...

on the east and

Bharatpur District Bharatpur District is a district in Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Bharatpur is the District Headquarters, Division Headquarters and Headquarters of Bharatpur Police Range of Rajasthan Police. Bharatpur District is a part o ...

State on the west. The area of the district is 4,027 km².

Administration

Agra division which consists of four districts, and is headed by the divisional commissioner of Agra, who is an

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, the commissioner is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division. The

district magistrate A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal revenu ...

of Agra reports to the divisional commissioner. Agra district administration is headed by the district magistrate and collector (DM) of Agra, who is an

. The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the

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held in the city. The DM is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city. The DM is assisted by a chief development officer; six additional district magistrates for finance/revenue, city, administration, land acquisition, civil supply, and protocol; one city magistrate; and three additional city magistrates.

Divisions

Agra district comprises 6

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s. The tehsils are

Etmadpur Etmadpur is a town (tehsil) in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located eastward 19 km from Agra. It is 274 km far from state capital Lucknow. Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Etmadpur had a total popul ...

Kiraoli Kiraoli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Kiraoli is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres (551 feet). Kiraoli is on NH11 i.e. Agra Jaipur Highway. It als ...

Kheragarh Kheragarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated sta ...

, Fatehabad and

Bah Bah is a Block and sub-division in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh in India. The township is on the State Highway 62 of Uttar Pradesh. The place is surrounded by three rivers giving it its name. Geography This place is situated in Agra distric ...

. The headquarters of the district is

city. The district consists of 15 blocks, namely

, Khandauli, Shamshabad, Fatehabad, Jagner,

, Saiyan,

Achhnera Achhnera, (alternate spelling: Achnera) is a town and a municipal board in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History There are multiple theories regarding the foundation of Achhnera. According to one, it was founded by Ach ...

, Akola, Bichpuri,

Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri () is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated 35.7 kilometres from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this ...

, Barauli Ahir,

Pinahat Pinahat (formerly Shreenagar) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and situated on the Bank of Chambal River (the Ghadiyal Sanctuary). It is about 55 km from Agra. The distance between Pin ...

and Jaitpur Kalan. The division comprises 2 constituencies namely

and

. There are 9

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constituencies in the district. They are

, Fatehabad,

Dayal Bagh Dayalbagh or Dayal Bagh means 'Garden' (bagh) of 'Merciful' (dayal), inferring "Garden of the Merciful", is a locality in metropolitan Agra in western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the Dayalbagh subsect of the Radha Soami sect ...

, Agra Cantonment, Agra North, Agra South,

and

Awagarh Awagarh is a historic town and a Municipality City in Etah district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a tehsil of many colours and contrasts. Here stands a 108-acre pristine fort of Jadaun Rajputs rulers of the Kshatriya clan, who a ...

and Jalesar in Etah District.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Agra district has a

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of 4,418,797, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of Hindus are 88.77% and Muslims are 9.30% in Agra district. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21%. Agra has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 859 females for every 1000 males, and a

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of 69.44%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.43% of the population. Hindus are the majority population in the district, and predominate in rural areas. A large number of people did not state their religion during the census, and there are significant populations of Jains, Sikhs and Christians in Agra city. At the time of the

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, 97.38% of the population spoke

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and 1.27%

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as their first language. The language of Agra is

, which is a

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language, predominant in the nebulous

region centred on

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

and

Dholpur Dholpur is a city in the Dholpur district in Rajasthan state of India. It is situated on the left bank of the famous Chambal river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District and was formerly seat of the Dholpur pri ...

& Bharatpur in

. It is the predominant language in the central stretch of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab.

References

External links

Official Agra district website
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